Bosnian Serb on trial for genocideThe map of the Srebrenica area in eastern Bosnia was peppered with red triangles.Tue Mar 14 2000 - 00:00
Bishops' `pro-life' proposals unlikely to sway EU charterHuman life has an absolute value.Tue Mar 14 2000 - 00:00
Bruton criticises Ireland's silence on Chechnya abusesThe Fine Gael leader, Mr John Bruton, has strongly criticised the Government for its silence over human rights abuses in Chechnya…Fri Mar 10 2000 - 00:00
Greece, Denmark try to join euroEurophile Greece and euro-sceptical Denmark yesterday simultaneously set out to become the 12th and 13th members of the euro.Fri Mar 10 2000 - 00:00
New EU citizens charter may ban abortionEU Treaty changes which would uphold the right to life from conception and make both abortion and euthanasia illegal have been…Wed Mar 08 2000 - 00:00
A genial Zorro, fighting enemies of freedomShortly after we moved to Belgium I again met an old friend, a retired French teacher who had been brought up in the south of…Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
E-commerce consumer finds a friend in ByrneEU leaders will be asked at their Lisbon "innovation" summit later this month to back a radical new approach to empowering consumers…Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
Germany bitter at US over rejection of IMF candidateThe US rejection of the German and EU candidate for the managing directorship of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been…Wed Mar 01 2000 - 00:00
Austria's diplomatic freeze to continueThe resignation of Mr Jorg Haider as leader of the Freedom Party will make no difference to Austria's international standing, …Wed Mar 01 2000 - 00:00
Trade system at stake after US loses to EUThe Washington Post put it bluntly: Last week's World Trade Organisation ruling for the EU against US Foreign Sales Corporations…Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00
Lisbon summit to set economic reform targetsThe United States will not support the nomination of Mr Caio Koch-Weser of Germany for managing director of the International…Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00
Smith emphasises doubts on NATOThe current restructuring and re-equipping of the Defence Forces will enhance their ability to participate in modern peacekeeping…Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00
Finance ministers told of buoyancy in euro zone growthStronger-than-expected growth in the euro area is likely to lead to an upward revision of Commission economic forecasts, the …Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00
Costs of EU defence likely to dominate as ministers meetPutting a financial price on the development of the EU's military capabilities is likely to be one of the challenges facing an…Mon Feb 28 2000 - 00:00
Irishman to assess Danube pollutionA former senior Irish EU official, Mr Tom Garvey, has been appointed to lead the International Taskforce on Danube PollutionSat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Blair hits out at Tories' wasted EU opportunitiesThe British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, yesterday delivered a powerful broadside at the Tories over "wasted European opportunities…Thu Feb 24 2000 - 00:00
Ireland is of the minimalist school on new rights charterWhile the focus of press attention in Europe has been on the fallout from the Austrian events and the launch of both the treaty…Tue Feb 22 2000 - 00:00
One artist's dark, agonising reflection on Germany's history"You must see the Anselm Kiefer," a recent visitor to Chateau Smyth insistedTue Feb 15 2000 - 00:00
Ireland to consider backing majority voting if it can retain commissionerIreland is willing to consider backing the significant extension of majority voting in the EU and other institutional changes…Tue Feb 15 2000 - 00:00
White Paper planned on EU powersReforming and democratising the institutions of the EU is central to the "historic and moral challenge" of enlargement, the President…Thu Feb 10 2000 - 00:00
Hats off to `conflict' art of Antrim studentsThere's no doubt Ascot has never seen anything like itWed Feb 09 2000 - 00:00
EU's boycott of Austria is the start of something bigGerard Mortier, the Belgian artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, is resigningTue Feb 08 2000 - 00:00
EU will invite Austria to talksThe Portuguese EU presidency has pulled back from extending the diplomatic boycott of Austria to informal EU meetings.Tue Feb 08 2000 - 00:00
MEPs refuse to back diplomatic isolation moveMEPs yesterday called on EU member-states and the European Commission to be ready to punish Austria if it violates Europe's principles…Fri Feb 04 2000 - 00:00
Austria faces EU threats as coalition deal agreedThe threat to Austria from its EU partners that it will face diplomatic sanctions if the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) is brought…Wed Feb 02 2000 - 00:00
Austria warned by EU states on HaiderIn an unprecedented diplomatic demarche against a fellow EU member-state, 14 EU states have told Austria that it will face a …Tue Feb 01 2000 - 00:00
Gods and mortals play at EU gamesDateline Dublin 2005: Crisis in Cyprus as Greece moves missiles to Green Line. Riots in streets. UN peacekeepers under fireTue Feb 01 2000 - 00:00
Threats by EU partners to isolate Austria unprecedentedThe threat by its EU partners to diplomatically isolate Vienna is unprecedented within the Union, and already last night diplomatic…Tue Feb 01 2000 - 00:00
EU ministers back criticism of Irish budgetary strategyEU Finance Ministers have supported criticism by the European Commission of the Irish budgetary strategy and expressed concern…Tue Feb 01 2000 - 00:00
State may face EU VAT billThe Government faces a multi-million-pound bill from the EU if the European Court of Justice confirms the opinion issued yesterday…Fri Jan 28 2000 - 00:00
Andrews is assured blanket surveillance allegations are falseThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Andrews, yesterday said he accepted that the British were not involved in indiscriminate…Tue Jan 25 2000 - 00:00
EU opts to freeze relations with RussiaEU foreign ministers yesterday agreed to freeze relations with Russia over Chechnya, suspending €90 million in its TACIS aid …Tue Jan 25 2000 - 00:00
Minister denies resignation was forced on himThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Andrews, has denied weekend newspaper reports that either the timing or fact of his resignation…Tue Jan 25 2000 - 00:00
Prodi's message on treaty reform not getting throughTomorrow the President of the European Commission, Mr Romano Prodi, will yet again raise the ante in his campaign for treaty …Tue Jan 25 2000 - 00:00
Brussels suggests tighter fiscal policy controls needed to cool Irish economyThe European Commission has warned of the inflationary dangers in the Irish economy and has suggested that a tighter fiscal policy…Wed Jan 19 2000 - 00:00
Andrews warns Russia it risks isolationThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Andrews, yesterday warned Russia it was in danger of isolating itself from the democratic…Sat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
Byrne warns funds may be withheld for food breachesThe European Commission will consider whether it should have the power to withhold EU funding from member-states if they are …Thu Jan 13 2000 - 00:00
New legislation will cover whole food chainAmong the key elements in an 80-point, three-year hugely disparate legislative programme proposed in the Commission white paper…Wed Jan 12 2000 - 00:00
EU hopes safety body will clean up food industryA new European Food Authority (EFA), to be established within two years, is the centrepiece of a radical White Paper on Food …Wed Jan 12 2000 - 00:00
Ireland faces action over environment issuesThe European Commission yesterday announced legal action against Ireland on four grounds, two of which relate to the "widespread…Wed Jan 12 2000 - 00:00
Portuguese presidency faces delicate balancing actThe Portuguese presidency, we were assured, would be both realistic and ambitious in its approach to the new Inter-Governmental…Tue Jan 11 2000 - 00:00
Acceding countries want EU to extend farm supportAll six of the front rank of acceding countries want the EU to extend income support to their farmers on a par with their EU …Wed Jan 05 2000 - 00:00
EU pact with former colonies contrasts with WTO shamblesThe devil is in the final detail of trade negotiations. If, that is, you can get them off the ground.Tue Jan 04 2000 - 00:00
EU to phase out special rent and rates allowances at IFSCSpecial rates and rent tax reliefs to corporate tenants in the enlarged Dublin Customs House Docks site will be ended by December…Thu Dec 23 1999 - 00:00
Artists' right to `added value' thwarted by LondonPatrick Smyththe late Patrick Collins, like most successful Irish visual artists, never made a fortune from his work.Tue Dec 21 1999 - 00:00
EU ministers cut whitefish quotas to preserve stocksIrish fishermen face another precarious year following the EU fisheries ministers' agreement yesterday to cuts of a fifth in …Sat Dec 18 1999 - 00:00
Commission determined to hold line in fish talksThere is a new determination in the European Commission to defend dwindling fish stocks by standing firmly behind scientifically…Fri Dec 17 1999 - 00:00
Irishwoman gets top postAn Irishwoman, Ms Catherine Day (45), has been appointed deputy head of the European Commission's directorate for external relations…Wed Dec 15 1999 - 00:00
EU food authority to replace advisory groupsA new European food authority, plans for which will be announced in January by the Commissioner for Public Health and Consumers…Tue Dec 14 1999 - 00:00
More EU business billing in eurosMore than a quarter of euro zone businesses have already billed customers in euros, while in Belgium two-thirds of firms exporting…Tue Dec 14 1999 - 00:00
